Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-01-07


hitting us to a cause that reason could
not defend or the sword maintain in the
sight OF advancing civilization Had Mr..
Ioombs said, which he did not say, that
be would call theroll OF his slaves at the
FOOT OF Bunker Hill, he would have been
foolish, for he might have known that
whenever slavery became entangled in
war 1t must perish. and that the chattel
In human flesh ended foreverin New Eng
land when your fathers-not to be blamed
for parting with what didn't pay-sold
their slaves to our fathers-not to be
praised for knowing paying thing when
they saw it.
when Lee surrendered-I don't say
when Johnston surrendered, because L
understand he still aIludes to the time
when he met Gen. Sbertnan last as the
time when he determined &c abandon any
- s,<oe: 81, of TIE sSrpggl s'--
when Lee Surrendered, / say, anu j ofinssa
ston quit, the South became, and has been
since, loyal to this Union. We fought
hard enough to know that we were whip
ped and in perfect frankness accepted as
final the arbitrament of the sword to
which we had appealed. The South found
her jewel in toao's head. The shackles
that had held her in narrow limitations
fell forever when the shackles of the negro
slave were broken. Under the old regime
the negroes were slaves to the South, the
South WIS slave to the system. Thus
was gathered in the hands of a splendid
and chivalric oiigarchy the substance that
should have been dlffused among this peo-
pie, as the rich blood is gathered at the
heart. filling that with atfluent rapture,
but leaving the body chill and colorless.
The old South rested everything on slave
ry and agriculture, unconscious that
these could neither give nor maintain
healthy growth. The new South presents
perfect democracy, the oligarcbs leading
in the popular movements social sys-
tenn compact and closely knitted, less
splendid on the surface but stronger at
the core-a hundred farms for every plan
taJion, fifty homes for every palace, and
diversified industry that meets the COM
pick needs of this complex age.''
In closing Mr.. Grady said: "Ths mes.
sage, Mr.. President, comes to you from
consecrated ground. Every foot of the
soil about the city in which I live is
sacred as a battle ground of the Republic.
Every hill that invests it is hallowed to
you by the blood Of your brothers who
died for your victory, and doubly hallow-
to us by the blood of those who died hope
less, but undaunted in defeat-sacred soil
to all of us-rich with memories that make
us purer and stronger and better. silent
but staunch witness in its rich desQlation
of the matchless valor of American
hearts, the deathless glory Of American
arms-speaking and eloquent witness in
it's white peace and prosperity to the in
dissolube Union of American States and
the imperishable brotherhood of the Am
erican Union"
What answer has New England to this
messenger Viii she pefmass the Prejudice
of war to remain in the hearts OF the con-
qnerors when it has died in the hearts of
the conquered? Will she transmit this
prejudice to the next generation, that in
hearts which never felt the generous ardor
of conflict it may perpetuate itself Will
she withhold. save in strained courtesy,
the hand which, straight from his soldiers
heart, Grant offered to Lee at Appomat-
tox2 Will she make the vison of a restor
ed and happy people which gathered above
the couch of your dying Captain, filling
his heart with grace, touching his lips
with praise, and clarifying his path to the
grave-will she make this vision on which
the last sigh Of his expiring soul breathed
benedietion, a cheat and delusion? If
she does, che South, never abject in asking
for comradesh1p, must accept with digni-
ty it's refusal. But if she does not refuse
to accept In frankness and sincerity this
message of good will and friendship, then
will the prophecy of Webster. delivered to
this very society forty years ago, amid
tremendous applause, be verified in its
fullest and final sense, when he said:
we should remain united, as we have been
for sixty years, citizens of the same coun-
try, members of the same Government
united, all united now, aud united forever.
There have been difficulties, contentious
and controversies, but tell you that III
my judgment
"'Those opposed forces,
Which, like the meteors of a troubled heaven,
All of one nature, of one substance bred,
Did lately meet in the intestine shock
Shall now, in mutual -beseeming ranks,
March all one way"
HENRY ". GRADY 8 RECEPTION ON HIS
RETURN TO ATLANTA.
ATLATA, GA. Dec. 24.-Henry W.
Grady was met at the depot tonight by
an immense concourse of citizens to well
come him back and demonstrate their
satisfaction at his speech before the New
England Society in New York Wednes-
day night. AS the train stopped. the band
played "Y ankee Doodle' amid the tumul-
tuous cheers of the crowd. Mr.. Grady
was escorted to the kimball House, where
he spoke to the crowd. Every sentiment
of restoration Of harmony by the sections
was vociferously applauded.
NAMED FOR PROMOTION. I
On the strength of his recent speech be-
fore the New England Society of New
York, and the prominence to which 1t adj
vanced him at one step, the New York
"Sun" dominates Mr.. Henry W. Grady
tor the Vice President in 1888, adding
He may be President. The ''W orld
comments on the nomination by saying"
1T is dull day in the s'Sun" Office when
new Presidential candidate is not dis.
covered, but in this case we ag6 for Grady
and second the motion.''